Harrison Montana Map

About Harrison, Montana

Harrison is a locality in Madison County, Montana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 95. The population density is 199.2 people per km². Harrison is located at 45.7008°N, 111.7864°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 59735.

Harrison rests in a wide valley where the Ruby River, a silver ribbon unspooling through the landscape, lends its murmur to the stillness. It lies 36.1 miles west of Bozeman, MT (from Bozeman, MT: bearing 273°T), and is situated 17.4 miles south-west of Three Forks. The surrounding mountains, their slopes a mosaic of sagebrush, pine, and the stark, sun-bleached bone of ancient rock, rise with a quiet authority, their peaks often dusted with snow even as summer’s warmth settles over the valley floor. The air here carries a crispness, a scent of dry earth and distant evergreen, and in the late afternoon, the light takes on a molten quality, transforming the ordinary contours of the land into something resonant and profound. The houses of Harrison, modest and weathered, seem to anchor themselves against the immensity of the sky, each one a small, human punctuation mark within the vastness. The history of Harrison is intrinsically linked to the bounty and the challenges of this northern Montana terrain. Once a hub for the region's agricultural endeavors, its economy now leans more towards the quiet pursuits of ranching and the steady, understated tourism drawn by the area's natural beauty and the promise of clear, starlit nights. Old fences, their wood bleached and bowed, trace the boundaries of fields that have seen generations of labor, a silent testament to the persistence of those who first settled here. The Ruby River itself, a vital artery for the local ecosystem, also serves as a quiet reminder of the forces that shaped this place, a constant, flowing presence that has witnessed the ebb and flow of human endeavor.

About This Harrison Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Harrison, Montana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.700761, -111.786369. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Harrison and Madison County.

Detailed location data for Harrison includes the ZIP code (59735), telephone area code (406), county seat of Madison County (Virginia City), and school district assignment (Harrison K-12 Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Harrison is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.